@chjara@akko.wtf I honestly think google would find an excuse to keep funding them, keeping firefox alive and credible enough as a competitor is something they have a vested interest in
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Evelyn fra denne andre øya (evelyn@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 19:06:31 JST Evelyn fra denne andre øya -
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Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 19:06:30 JST Sick Sun @evelyn @chjara firefox is funded to make it look like they don't have a browser monopoly but the court case was about their search monopoly so this is plausible yeah -
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Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Tuesday, 06-Aug-2024 19:12:53 JST Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: @sun @chjara @evelyn That said Firefox currently seems about as used as like Opera ever was. Safari, even with it being stuck on Apple systems is somehow much more of a competition.
And then EU or US (forgot…) decided to force Apple to allow Google Chrome (and other browsers but let's not kid ourselves) in Apple systems, woups.
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